Hawaiʻi is one of the most militarized states in the United States. Overall, the U.S. military controls almost 223,000 acres (about 5%) of land in the pae ʻāina – and fully 21% of the land on the island of Oʻahu.
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“So much money to the military,” grieved Kahaulelio. “We got hungry kids and schools falling apart, but the military gets millions? To what? Make more bombs to kill and keep killing?
“The military is even using our Hawaiian home lands – Mākua, Bellows, Pōhakuloa – while our people wait 40 years on the waiting list. How much more are they going to take from us?”
It can’t be this way forever.